Discussion Each week, you'll have to post on at least three separate days to the Discussion.  Each post should be of a high quality.  Your first post should be by Wednesday. Be sure to select the Discussion page to the left and respond to the following question: (2c) Now that you have completed your reading, consider your understanding of transformational change. Discuss what you have learned with your classmates. Respond to all of the following prompts: Evaluate under what conditions transformational change would be necessary. How would an OD practitioner attempt to change an organization’s culture? Evaluate how integrated strategic change differs from traditional strategic planning and traditional planned organization change. Course Project Milestone Four (2b) For your course project work this week, consider what you have learned throughout the course about organizational development and change. Use that knowledge to complete Milestone Four, the final milestone of your course project. Final consolidated paper (all sections), including summary/conclusions Make sure to include any corrections or feedback your instructor has given you on previous components of the course project. The final paper should be no fewer than 8-10 page(s) in length. No fewer than three to five peer-reviewed journal articles are required. Reference all sources using APA format. For guidance using APA format, please contact your instructor. Week-1  MAN 5285 Development and Change Description of the organization Multiplex organization is one organization I would like to be employed in, especially in the future. Specific reasons contributeto my desire of working in such an organization. Multiplex organization deals with the recruitment of persons into different sectors of the market. The main aim is to link job seekers with employment opportunities, for the sake of improvement of basic standards of living and life in general. This is a unique venture, considering that the organization makes maximum profits and that at the same time, gives back to the community. Multiplex organization has branches in more than 20 countries, with more than 2000 employees in different branches. The concern and embracement of maximum corporate social responsibility is what has led to its formation and development. To a large extent, the company benefits the community, through provision of job opportunities to the members and the surrounding environment as well. Multiplex organization values its employees, and also, gives credit to the recommended workers in different institutions. Recruitments and evaluations are however, first performed by the agency for quality verification purposes. This shows how much good public image is desired by the organization (Jane, 2013). Effectiveness in management and personnel interactions is highly emphasized on, for the purpose of profitability and competitive advantage. One major problem is experienced at multiplex, which should .

1. Discussion
Each week, you'll have to post on at least three separate days to
the Discussion. Each post should be of a high quality. Your
first post should be by Wednesday.
Be sure to select the Discussion page to the left and respond to
the following question:
(2c) Now that you have completed your reading, consider your
understanding of transformational change. Discuss what you
have learned with your classmates. Respond to all of the
following prompts:
Evaluate under what conditions transformational change would
be necessary.
How would an OD practitioner attempt to change an
organization’s culture?
Evaluate how integrated strategic change differs from
traditional strategic planning and traditional planned
organization change.
Course Project
Milestone Four
(2b) For your course project work this week, consider what you
have learned throughout the course about organizational
development and change. Use that knowledge to complete
Milestone Four, the final milestone of your course project.
Final consolidated paper (all sections), including
summary/conclusions
Make sure to include any corrections or feedback your
instructor has given you on previous components of the course
project.
The final paper should be no fewer than 8-10 page(s) in length.
No fewer than three to five peer-reviewed journal articles are
required. Reference all sources using APA format. For guidance
using APA format, please contact your instructor.
Week-1

2. MAN 5285
Development and Change
Description of the organization
Multiplex organization is one organization I would like to be
employed in, especially in the future. Specific reasons
contributeto my desire of working in such an organization.
Multiplex organization deals with the recruitment of persons
into different sectors of the market. The main aim is to link job
seekers with employment opportunities, for the sake of
improvement of basic standards of living and life in general.
This is a unique venture, considering that the organization
makes maximum profits and that at the same time, gives back to
the community. Multiplex organization has branches in more
than 20 countries, with more than 2000 employees in different

3. branches. The concern and embracement of maximum corporate
social responsibility is what has led to its formation and
development.
To a large extent, the company benefits the community, through
provision of job opportunities to the members and the
surrounding environment as well. Multiplex organization values
its employees, and also, gives credit to the recommended
workers in different institutions. Recruitments and evaluations
are however, first performed by the agency for quality
verification purposes.
This shows how much good public image is desired by the
organization (Jane, 2013).
Effectiveness in management and personnel interactions is
highly emphasized on, for the purpose of profitability and
competitive advantage. One major problem is experienced at
multiplex, which should be effectively and promptly handled to
maximize effectiveness and its efficiency in the industry.
Problem identification
Many organizations have different problems (Michael, 2005).
The major issue in question is how the problem is handled and
more so, the effectiveness in measures implemented to correctly
get rid of an issue leading to under productivity or a decrease in
organization efficiency. Multiplex organization has been
underperforming in the past years, due to the lack of team work
and cooperation from employees and other stakeholders. This is
a major factor desired by all entities for the set objectives to be
met. Lack of team work and cooperation is the major problem in
the organization. This has been accelerated by lack of
professionalism and more so, increased conflicts of interest in
the line of duty.

4. In all entities, it is important for personnel goals to be clearly
defined. There is a need for the alignment of strategic
organization goals with the goals of the employees and
managerial staff. Cooperation stems out of different factors,
such as communication, participative management and
personnel involvement. This problem has been attributed to the
imposition of decisions on personnel, rather than engaging in
dialogue. As a result, resistance is a consistent aspect and this
has led to a big decrease in productivity. Competitive advantage
and profitability cannot be realized in such a situation.
Just as other institutions, considering that the problem has been
identified and the cause of the problem, multiplex organization
should ensure that strategic plans are developed to ensure that
their implementation is done in systematic and professional
manner. Team work is a major component contributing to
organization effectiveness. Therefore, its absence should not be
embraced. Management needs to consider that employees should
be part of decision making as they are relied on for the
implementation of set rules. Organization code of conduct
should as well be strictly adhered to by all employees (Michael,
2005). This way, the problem at multiplex organization is bound
to be effective solved, as well as the factors leading to its
occurrence in the entity.
References
Michael, H. (2005). Diagnosing organizations: Methods, Models
and Processes. London:Cengage learning
Grivas, C., & Puccio, G. J. (2012). The innovative team:
Unleashing creative potential for
breakthrough results. Retrieved from
http://www.vitalsource.com/Pages/home.aspx
Jane, G. (2013). Diagnosing Organizations. New York: John
Wiley and sons

5. Week -4-
Collecting and Analyzing Diagnostic Information
Organization and problem being faced
Spring Corporation is a diaper delivery company. The company
was formed in January 2015, and it is growing at a very fast
pace. It has headquartered in California but is now two branches
in Thurmont and Manhattan.
Spring has currently employed a total of 150 employees.
Whoever said cloth diapers are not convenient was very wrong.
Spring Corp. carried out some functions when it comes to this
service, such as diaper wrapping, replacing awkward pins,
picking up and delivering of the dirty work out of diapers.
This organization has grown at a fast in the past, but currently
there is stagnation when it comes to the growth rate. The

6. customer base has not gone up for a long time, and this has
brought a lot of concern to various stakeholders of this
company. The management of spring is now under a lot of
pressure. They have to look for ways of dealing the problem the
organization is facing. There have been some complaints from
various customers and employees of Spring Corporation.
Diagnostic tools
Below are diagnostic tools that are going to be used so as to
understand the problem being faced by the company?
Stakeholders – these are mostly individuals or organizations
that are affected by this Spring Corporation (Hooley, Cox, &
Shipley, 2015). The solution to the problem facing the company
will positively impact these individuals. Decision makers and
other close to the organization, such as employees are very
important to identify.
Facts and data – this will entail getting information from trusted
sources and experts. These individuals can be interviewed.
Observed events, present of past can also be essential during
this state. The observed events can be reported or personally
observed.
Boundaries – this part will involve looking at constrains or
boundaries when it comes to this issue of stagnation in growth.
It is important to do this because constrains themselves may be
the problem.
Opinions and assumptions – there is always the opinion of
various parties. Considering the opinion of these groups will be
important. The truth in the opinion should be taken into
consideration.
Data to collect and assessment method
Some of the data to be collected are:
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7. Whether employees are enough in the organization
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Are the skills of the workers adequate?
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Are there workers in the company who are considered as not
helpful
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Is the power structure of the company supportive?
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Is the power structure responding to some listening and acting
on some of the problems raised by other employees in the
organization
looking at the data that is to be collected, it is clear that the
effective data analysis tool will be qualitative tools. There are
two qualitative tools that are going to be used so as to gather
information based on the questions to be addressed. The two
tools are personal interviews and use of questionnaires
(Lampard & Pole, 2015). When it comes to the use of
questionnaires, various stakeholders will be sent questionnaires.
Responses from the questionnaires will help tell some of the
problems in the company. Various individuals among them
customers, company employees, top management, will the
interviewed. The interview will be based on the data that is to
be collected. A large sample group will be chosen so as to
increase the accuracy of the research (Weibel & Elias, 2012).
Accuracy is very important since it will make it very easy to
come up with a solution to the problem.

8. Week-5-
Proposed Organizational Development Strategies

9. In the recent years, the need to adopt effective organizational
development strategies has become prominent in the operations
of most business organizations. Proper developmental strategies
have a great impact on the activities of businesses since it
ensures the implementation of policies and achievement of goals
and objectives. This paper examines various organizational
strategies and the evaluation plan for that can be used for the
proposed intervention in an organization.
There are various strategies that organizational development
plan can adopt. For example:
i)
Problem identification
This is the first strategy in the process of organizational
development. There is a need to identify the source of the
problem that is hindering the operations of a business.
According to Cummings and Worley (2008), organizational
problems can arise due to poor management, the poor
relationship between the organization and the clients, the
production of low-
quality goods and services or the presence of unskilled labor
force. When the problem has been identified, the organization
can, therefore, initiate an intervention process.
ii)

10. Planning and undertaking necessary actions
After the problem has been identified, the next step is to
develop a plan on how to solve the problem. Necessary actions
that can be done to ensure that the problem is minimized or
eliminated at all are undertaken at this stage. For example, the
organization can decide to restructure the management if the
problem was due to poor leadership.
iii)
Negotiating for change
The next step that the organization will take is changes
negotiation. Measures are taken to ensure that there is a change
in the operation of the organization. This stage is crucial since
it makes the organization to adopt various measures that will
allow a smooth transition.
Negotiating for change can also make the organization to adopt
a new structure of leadership especially if the problem was
coming from the senior managers.
iv)
Progress Evaluation
The final step in organizational development strategies is the
evaluation of the progress. A team must be formed that will
analyze how the implementation of the strategies is going on.
The team must evaluate how the measures that have been put to

11. counter the problem in the business. The rate at which the
projects are achieved can be a good evaluation method of the
strategy. Another way of evaluating the progress of the strategic
implementation is to examine the impact of the changes to the
organizational activities (Western, 2010).
The strategies mentioned above are fundamental in the process
of organizational development. The strategies can be used to
tackle various problems such as poor organizational structure.
When the problem has been identified, and it is found that it
originates from the management, necessary steps can be taken
by the organization. The strategies will have a great impact in
the process of rectifying the problem. The business will,
therefore, focus on management and no other areas such as
employee skills and relationship between the business and the
customers.
The strategies also assist in planning for a way on how to
restructure the management of the business. The business, for
example, can employ more skilled management team or
undertake training of the existing managers to equip them with
unique and relevant skills needed for effective management.
Moreover, planning also ensures that the business allocates
enough resources that can be used in the process of solving the
problem that is facing the business. Hence, organization
strategies provide a viable platform for developing solutions to
business problems.
When the business if facing problems such as poor management,
it can initiate tangible change that can have a positive impact on
the operations of the business. The business can initiate a
process to ensure change in the organization. For example,

12. restructuring procedure can be adopted where incompetent
leaders can either be sacked or given more training in the
operations of the organization. The problem of poor
management can be solved through the employment of
experienced managers who are skilled in the field of
management (Field, 2016).
The organization can, therefore, adopt effective evaluation plan
that can ensure that the progress of the change is analyzed. The
evaluation plan should consist of:
i)
Analysis of the impact of the intervention method on operations
The business will have to analyze the impact that the
intervention will have on the operations of the business. For
example, how the activities such as the relationship between the
business and its clients has been affected by the intervention
method.
ii)
Analysis of the impact of the intervention method on
organizational change
The evaluation plan will also analyze how the intervention
program affected the process of change in the organization.
According to Sullivan (2010), change is critical to the success
of any organization hence the evaluation plan should outline
how the business will analyze the progress of change process in
the organization.

13. In summary, organizational development strategies have a
tremendous effect on the operations of a business.
Organizations should, therefore, adopt strategies that will
ensure that achievement of goals and objectives as well as the
implementation of organizational policies.
References
Cummings, T., & Worley, C. (2008). Organizational
Development and Change. Journal of Organizational
Development 2(11) pp. 12-14
Field, T., (2016). Organizational Strategies. Organizational
Development Journal
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http://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/22461/view.as
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Sullivan, R., (2010). Practising Organizational Development: A
Guide for Leading Change
New York: Jossey Bass Publishers
Western, S.,(2010). What do we mean by Organizational
Development. Journal of Organizational Development and
Change. 5(11). Pp. 129-131

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Lampard, R., & Pole, C. (2015). Practical social investigation:
Qualitative and quantitative
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